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Dan tai yu an 丹臺玉案 [The Red Platform and the Jade Desk]

by SUN, Wenyin 孫文胤

1660. (title at the beginning of the text) [or] Yi xue ru men dan tai yu an 醫學入門 [An Introduction to Medicine: The Red Platform and the Jade Desk] (title on cover page). 73 woodcut illus. Six juan in six vols. 8vo, bamboo paper (a few leaves missing from Preface in the first vol.), new wrappers, new stitching. [China]: Wu feng lou 五鳳樓, [1660]. Second edition of this influential medical work. “The book assembles material... Read More

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Manuscript on paper on mine surveying, with 12 large & fine folding manuscript plates, heightened in grey, blue, pink, & yellow wash

by (CLAUSTHAL: MINE SURVEYING)

40 leaves (the final blank). Small folio (332 x 210 mm.), orig. paste-paper boards (spine & extremities somewhat worn), uncut. [Clausthal?: ca. 1815]. A fine and legible manuscript instructional manual on techniques and problems of mine surveying. The text is divided into five chapters: “Von der Vorbereitung zum Markscheiden” (“On preparations for measuring the area in which mining may be carried out”), “Von Bennenung der Gänge und Klüfte” (“On the naming of seams and fissures”), “Vom Observiren” (“On... Read More

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Eight scrolls, finely woodblock-printed, of the complete Lotus Sutra [S.: Saddharmapundarikasutra; J.: Myohorengekyo 妙法蓮華経]

by LOTUS SUTRA

17 characters per column; 24 columns per sheet. Each sheet: ca. 450 mm. long. Text-block height: 207 mm. Eight scrolls (297 x 10,785; 12,480; 11,600; 10,430; 11,190; 10,190; 10,130; 9000 mm.), all with front endpapers speckled on inside with square-cut gold, silver, & copper foil, outer endpapers dyed reddish-orange & with clouds of gold, silver, & copper mottling. Seven of the eight scrolls have on the outside of the front endpaper an orig. label stating “Myohorengekyo” [“Glory to the... Read More

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Finely decorated woodblock-printed kasuga-ban scroll (春日版装飾経) of Vol. VI of the Lotus Sutra [S. Saddharmapundarikasutra; J. Myohorengekyo 妙法蓮華経]

by LOTUS SUTRA

17 characters per column; 25 columns per sheet, 21.5 joined sheets. Scroll (275 x 10,740 mm.), outer front endpaper with nature motifs (quite faded), inner endpaper with dense patterns of applied squares of silver. Columns of text vertically ruled in gold (kinkai) throughout, borders on top & bottom decorated with densely applied cut squares of gold & silver, wooden core roller. Japan: mid- to late Kamakura era (ca. 1250-1333). A luxuriously produced kasuga-ban edition of Vol. VI... Read More

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Eight orihon (accordion format), finely woodblock-printed, of the complete Lotus Sutra [S.: Saddharmapundarikasutra; J.: Myohorengekyo 妙法蓮華経 ]

by LOTUS SUTRA

23-33 characters per column; 6 columns per page. Text-block height: 230 mm. Eight vols. (190 x 8600; 10,000; 9300; 8200; 8900; 8600; 8000; 7000 mm.). Tall narrow 8vo, orig. semi-stiff dark blue boards (minor rubbing), orig. block-printed mica-dusted title labels on upper covers, each entitled “Shinpan Myohorengekyo” [“new [carved] boards for the Myohorengekyo”] & volume number. [Japan]: early to mid-Edo? A very rare — apparently unrecorded — edition of the complete Lotus Sutra, handsomely carved throughout in... Read More

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Eight orihon (accordion format), finely woodblock-printed, of the complete Lotus Sutra [S.: Saddharmapundarikasutra; J.: Myohorengekyo 妙法蓮華経 ]

by LOTUS SUTRA

1333. 17 characters per column; 5 columns per page. Text-block height: 126 mm. Each column ruled in gold, with gold borders on top & bottom. Eight vols. (172 x 6285; 7260; 6830; 5980; 6530; 6280; 5860; 5125 mm.). Narrow 8vo, orig. semi-stiff blue boards (some rubbing), decorated on the outside with patterns in gold & silver of flowers, heightened with sprays of gold (kindei; “golden mud”); inner endpapers decorated with gold & silver speckles. Title and volume number in... Read More

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Manuscript on paper. 44 pothi-style oblong sheets (270 x 775 mm.), inscribed on both sides in red and black

by MONGOLIAN SUTRAS

[China]: [late 18th-century]. Several Buddhist sutras in Mongolian, probably including the Heart Sutra, in a beautifully executed two-color manuscript likely produced at the court of the Qianlong emperor. Tibetan Buddhism spread among the Mongols in the 16th and 17th centuries. In the late 16th century, certain Buddhist scriptures were translated into Mongolian. The basis of the translations was the Kanjur, the Tibetan texts with sutras containing the sayings of the Buddha. Then, “from... Read More

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Block-printed scroll of Vol. 262 of the Sutra of Perfection of Wisdom or Mahaprajnaparamitasutra, text starting “Daihannya haramitta kyo…” 大般若波羅蜜多経

by SUTRA OF PERFECTION OF WISDOM (KASUGA-BAN 春日版)

22-23 columns per sheet, 17 characters per column (column height 205 mm.), printed on 19 joined sheets (263 mm. high; sheet lengths ranging from 428-443 mm.; total length, including front endpaper: 8480 mm.), attached at end to a wooden roller. [Nara: Kamakura era]. A rare early woodblock-printed sutra, issued on high-quality thick paper (gampi, or mulberry fibers), and printed in bold, thick strokes, using black sumi ink, typical of Kamakura and Muromachi kasuga-ban printings (kasuga-ban is a... Read More

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Su Wen gong wen chao 蘇文公文鈔 or Song da jia Su Wen gong wen chao 宋大家蘇文公文鈔 [Copied Writings of the Lettered Mr. Su]

by SU, Xun 蘇洵

102; 101 folding leaves. Ten juan in two vols. 8vo, orig. semi-stiff wrappers, new stitching. [China]: after 1579-1620. A rare Ming dynasty edition, printed on fine paper, of this collection of texts by the Northern Song essayist Su Xun 蘇洵 (1009-66 CE), compiled and edited by Mao Kun 茅坤 (1512-1601), of Guian (present-day Wuxing, Zhejiang). Su Xun was the father of the even more famous writers Su Shi 蘇軾 (1037-1101) and Su Zhe 蘇轍 (1039-1112). All three... Read More

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Jofukyusai betsugoroku [Satake’s Grand List of Pseudonyms]

by SUZUKI, Ichimei (or O), compiler

48 parts & one index in 20 vols. 8vo, orig. yellow wrappers, orig. block-printed title labels on upper covers, new stitching. [Kubota]: Meitokukan Academy, 1827. Second edition (1st ed.: 1825) and rare; this was printed in the Kubota domain in northwestern Japan. Following the death of his father in 1785, Yoshimasa Satake (1775-1815), became daimyo of the Kubota domain in Dewa Province (modern-day Akita Prefecture). He instituted a number of reforms, ordering the planting of extensive windbreaks... Read More

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Ketsutokukin no hi shakubun [Ch. Que te qin bei shi wen] 闕特勤碑釋文 [Explanations to the Text of the Kül-Tigin Inscription]

by SUZUKI, Yoshitake 鈴木吉武, ed

13 folding leaves. 8vo, orig. wrappers, title-slip (a little defective), orig. stitching. Tokyo: Suzuki shi sankikuken 鈴木氏餐菊軒, 1935. An edition of the Chinese text of the Kül-Tigin inscription along with related texts. The Kül-Tigin inscription is one of the Khöshöö Tsaidam or Orchon inscriptions, thus named after the location where they were found. These bilingual inscriptions are in ancient Turkic and classical Chinese. The stele with the inscription covered in our book was erected in... Read More

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Catalogue de Tableaux, Dessins, Estampes, Livres a Figures, Planches gravées…composant le Cabinet et le Mobilier pittoresque de feu M. Swebach (5-7 April 1824 & subsequent days)

by (SWEBACH, Jacques François Joseph)

35 pp. 8vo, brown leather-backed marbled boards. Paris: 1824. Scarce sale catalogue inventorying the collection of Swebach-Desfontaines (1769-1823), a talented painter and director of the imperial porcelain manufactory in Saint Petersburg for several years; WorldCat records no example in North American institutions. His choice collection, described across 268 lots, was well-regarded at the time. The contents of his studio and apartment were also offered at the auction. The catalogue opens with a useful biography of the artist... Read More

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Feyerliche Einweihung der Synagoge in München den 21. April 1826

by (MUNICH SYNAGOGUE)

Printing in Hebrew. 23 pages. Small 4to, orig. blue boards, gilt border round sides, contrasting pink endpapers, a.e.g. Munich: C. Wolf, [1826]. The extremely rare printed program for the inauguration of the first public synagogue in Munich on 21 April 1826. The impressive neoclassical building on the Westenriederstrasse was designed and erected by Jean Baptiste Métivier for the small but important Munich community of court Jews and state suppliers founded in 1815. The project was supported by King... Read More

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Museum der Obsessionen, von/über/zu/mit Harald Szeemann [Merve No. 100]

by SZEEMANN, Harald

23 black & white illus. 239 pp. 12mo (169 x 120 mm.), gold geometric covers. Berlin: Merve Verlag, 1981. First printing of this essential Harald Szeemann (1933-2005) anthology. Later printings can be identified by the lack of a price on the upper cover. “In the summer of 1980, [Peter] Gente travelled on short notice to Ascona, where Szeemann had taken up residence during his research for the exhibition because he found the magnetic anomalies personally... Read More

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Individuelle Mythologien [Merve No. 120]

by SZEEMANN, Harald

Black & white illus. 255 pp. Small 8vo (170 x 120 mm.), geometric covers, title on spine. Berlin: Merve Verlag, 1985. A later printing of the important second anthology of writings by the famous curator Harald Szeemann (1933-2005). Fine.

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Yamato eyoshu [trans.: Collection of Traditional Japanese-style Wood Carving Patterns]

by TACHIKAWA, Tomifusa

Numerous woodcuts in the text, mostly full-page. Four vols. Large 8vo, orig. blue wrappers (some mostly marginal worming) bound in orihon style (accordion), block-printed title labels on each upper cover. Tokyo: Suharaya Mohe, 1763. First edition of this important and handsomely illustrated work on Japanese-style wood-carved motifs and patterns which stem from the “Tachikawa [or Tatekawa] Ryu” school of design, decoration, and building techniques. Tachikawa (active 1763-71), a master carpenter who lived in Tokyo, focused on the taisha-zukuri... Read More

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Sophie Taeuber-Arp (13 October-14 November 1973)

by (TAEUBER-ARP, Sophie)

Portrait of the artist and 33 black & white illus. [48] pp. 12mo, yellow printed wrappers, title on spine. Torino: Galleria Narciso, 1973. Rare Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889-1943) exhibition catalogue. With an introductory essay by critic Luciano Caramel (b. 1935); texts by Jean/Hans Arp, Kandinsky, and Leon Degand; photographic reproductions of the works shown; and an exhibition check-list, 34 works total. Near fine. Galleria Narciso Catalogue no. 116.

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Setsuyō ryōri taizen 節用料理大全 [or] Toryu setsuyō ryōri taizen 當流節用料理大全 [Complete Manual of Cuisine of Our School]

by TAKASHIMA, Shijo 高嶋吉井

Title within illus. border, frontis., & 51 illus. in the text. Five vols. in one. 8vo, orig. wrappers (rubbed & a little defective, first leaf a little dusty), new stitching. Kyoto: Kikuya, [ca. 1714]. First edition of this notable gastronomy book; it is rather uncommon. The Shijo School of Cooking was established by professional chefs during the Muromachi period (ca. 1400-1550). These chefs specialized in preparing formal banquets for nobility. The text is a compilation of techniques and... Read More

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Happō danō kō 發泡打膿考 [Study of Drainage from Western Medicine]

by TAKEBE, Yū 武部游

1818. Seven full-page woodcuts & a few smaller text illus. 49 folding leaves. 8vo, orig. semi-stiff wrappers, orig. block-printed title label on upper cover, modern stitching. Wakayama 若山: Kasedaya Hiemon 綛田屋丕右衞門 et al., 1818. First edition of Takebe’s translation of and commentary on Lorenz Heister’s important writings on infections and their treatment. Heister (1683-1758), wrote one of the best and most complete works on surgery of the 18th century. Translated into Japanese, it was enormously successful, introducing... Read More

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Happo dano ko [trans.: Study of Drainage from Western Medicine]

by TAKEBE, Yu

Seven full-page woodcuts & a few smaller text illus. 49 folding leaves. 8vo, orig. wrappers, orig. title label on upper cover with title in manuscript, modern stitching. Wakayama: Kasedaya Hiemon et al., 1818. First edition of Takebe’s translation and commentary of Lorenz Heister’s writings on infections and their treatment. Heister (1683-1758), wrote one of the best and most complete works on surgery of the 18th century. Translated into Japanese, it was enormously successful, introducing Western methods to many... Read More

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Shinka yōketsu 診家要訣 [Essential Methods of the Diagnosticians]

by TAKEDA, Kōhō 竹田公豐, ed

Three full-page woodcut illus. 81.5; 62; 81 folding leaves (pagination continuous). Three vols. Large 8vo, orig. semi-stiff patterned wrappers, orig. title slips on covers, orig. stitching. Osaka, Kyoto, & Tokyo: Kawachiya kihei 河內屋喜兵衛 et al., 1793. Second edition (1st ed.: 1787) of this collection of three medical works passed down in the Takeda family of physicians. The book is very rare; we find no copy in North America in WorldCat. The first of... Read More

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Danrin junroki [Guidebook to 18 True Pure Land School Buddhist Educational Temples in the Kanto Region]

by TAKEO, Zenchiku (or Tsugiharu or Setsumon)

Folding color-printed woodblock map. 49 folding leaves. Oblong 8vo, orig. blue wrappers, block-printed title label on upper cover (label partly defective), new stitching. Edo: Izumiya Shinpachi, [1821]. First edition and rare; WorldCat locates only one copy, in Japan. Danrin is a temple that served as a college and institute to instruct Buddhist priests. In the early 17th century, the Tokugawa shogunate recognized 18 temples of the Jodo Shinshu (True Pure Land School) as danrin: ... Read More

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Manuscript on paper, entitled “Kōbei nichiroku” 航米日錄 [“Daily Record of the Voyage to America”]

by TAMAMUSHI, Sadayū 玉虫左太夫

Several small illus. & one double-page chart. Seven vols. 8vo (235 x 165 mm.), orig. wrappers, old stitching. [Japan]: before 1868. A manuscript copy of this famous travelogue of the first Japanese embassy to the United States in 1860. This important text remained unpublished until 1913. The Japanese mission was “tasked to present to President Buchanan a letter from the shogun and to exchange instruments of ratification for the US-Japan Treaty of Amity... Read More

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Furansu keihohei teishiki [Light Infantry in the French Style]

by TANABE, Ryosuke (or Yoshisuke), trans. & editor

28 folding engraved plates. 74; 86; 60; 35 folding leaves. Four vols. Oblong 8vo, orig. patterned wrappers, orig. block-printed title labels on upper covers, new stitching. Tokyo: Government Publication issued under the Author’s name [Yosoda Masayoshi, a pen name for Tanabe], 1869. First edition in Japanese, translated from an unidentified French text, which, according to the Preface, was issued in 1863, with a sequel in 1867. Tanabe also states that this work includes information gained from the French... Read More

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Ninjin ko [Study of Ginseng]

by TANG, Bingjun

17 folding leaves. 8vo, orig. printed wrappers, orig. block-printed title label on upper cover, new stitching. [Japan]: Rekijuen [Ishizaka Sotetsu], first preface, by Sokei Ishizaka, dated 1830. First edition, a variant issue with a three-page second preface at end and no addenda (our copy agrees with a copy at Kyoto University). Tang was a physician who lived and practiced near Suzhou, a major market for the trade in ginseng. His Ren Shen Kao (Ch.), here in the... Read More

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